Penholder.



A. W. PEGG.

PBNEOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED 215.14, 1908.

Patented June 22, 1909.

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ALBERT W. PEGG, OF ST. THOMAS, NORTH DAKOTA.

PENHOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 22, 1909.

Application led February 111, 1908. Serial No. 415,918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT W. Pnee, a citizen of the United States, residing at St. Thomas, in the county of Pembina, State of North Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to penholders and more particularly to that class including means whereby the pen may be ejected, the object of the invention being of course to obviate soiling of the fingers or the use of pliers or other tools for extracting the pen.

More specilically speaking, the penholder comprises a stall' which is tubular and in which is slidably arranged a stem. A spring is disposed upon this stem at its upper portion and exerts a tendency to withdraw the stem upwardly from the stall, this tendency being arrested however, by the engagement, in a slot formed at the lower end of the staff, of a pin carried by the stem. The lower end of the stem is formed with a ta ered enlargement and the pen has its shan r received be tween this enlarged end of the stem and the inner wall of the lower end of the staff, the u per end of the pen shank being engaged by t e pin upon the stem so that when the stem is depressed, against the tension of the s rin not only will the pen be relieved of t e c amping action exerted upon it by the enlarged end of the stem but it will be positively ejected by reason of the engagement of the pin with the upper end of its shank.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front elevation ol' the penholder showing a pen engaged therewith for use, Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the pen holder and pen. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the manner of ejecting the pen, Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the lower end of the ejecting stem, and, Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 2 illustrating a slight modification of the invention.

As shown in the drawings, the penholder comprises a tubular staff 5 which may be ol' any suitable material and any desired design. Slidable in the bore of the staff is an ejecting stem 6 which also may be of any suitable material or may be composite if desired, the body portion being, for example, of

metal and the lower or pen clasping portion of wood, cork, or composite material. The stem is of greater length than the stai'l 5 and at its lower end is formed with a tapered enlargement 7, the function of which will be presently fully described.

Disposed upon the stem 6 at the upper end thereo'll is a spring 8 and this spring bears at its lower end against an annular shoulder 9 formed within the bore ol' the stail' and at its upper end against a collar l() lormed upon the stem, although this collar may be detachable il' desired or found expedient. In the Iirst three ifigures ol' the drawings, the stem is shown as i'ormed at its upper end with a finger piece 1l by means ol' which it may be de )ressed against the tension of the spring, it eing understood that the spring at all times exerts a tendency to withdraw the stem vertically from the staff and in this manner the lower end of the stem has a wedging reception within the lower end ol the stall, the shank 12 ol' an ordinary pen when engaged in the lower end ol' the stail' between the inner wall thereof and the tapered lower end ol' the stem being wedged in place and held by such wedging action as is clearly shown in F ig. 2 ol' the drawings. A pin 13 is l'ormed upon or carried by the tapered enlarged lower end ol' the stem 6 and this pin, when the stem is at the upper limit ol' its movement, bears at the upper end oll a slot 14 formed in the stail, the pin being also engaged by the upper end ol' the shank l2 olI thepen.

From the 'foregoing description ol' the invention it will be observed that in order to release the pen 12 l'rom the holder, it is only necessary to depress the ejecting stem 6 which will not only relieve the pen ol' the wedging action but, by reason o'lI the enk gagement oll the upper end ol its shank by the pin 13, will positively eject the pen.

In the `l'orm o'll my invention shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings, a penholder identical in construction with the l'orm just described is illustrated corresponding parts being indicated by the same relerence numerals with the addition ol' the sullix a. The only dil ference in this lorm ol the invention and the first described Al'orm lies in the l'act that a thimble 15 is l'ormed or secured at the upper end o'l` the ejecting stem 6 and Yfits over the upper end oll the stai'l 5, this thimble serving eil'ectually to conceal the said upper end of the stem 6a and the spring 8al engaged thereon. In either event the operation remains the same.

What is claimed, is

A penholder of the class described comprising a tubular cylindrical staff, a l'rustoconical stem slidably received within the staff and having its smaller end near the top thereof, a spring for moving the stem vertically within the staff, a cylindrical extension on said stem passing through said staff and surrounded by the spring, a top for said eX- tension provided with a cylindrical portion adapted to slide over the staff and closely embrace the same, the staff being formed-in its lower end with a V-shaped slot with the outer ends of the V outermost, and a in upon the stem and working in said slot for positively `ejecting a pen from engagement between the inside of the staff and the stem.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT W. PEGG. I/Vitnesses:

S. E. PETERSON, G. H. GARNETT. 

